STOLEN ORIGINAL ART ALERT

[Sharkey]

Hi all, I know there are some original art fans on these boards and others who appreciate it but don't collect it. A lot of you are also connected in the comics world in general.

 

I got a call yesterday from Mark McDermott who runs "Simply the Best" Original Art. He told me a portfolio full of art was either lost or stolen from him last week (most likely stolen). Below is the email from him with the list of pieces that were in it. There some definite Big-Ticket items in the portfolio, including a Kirby Thor 150 splash, some pages from JIM 86, some Buscema Thor and Surfer splashes, etc. It's a nightmare scenario as you can imagine.

 

If you or anyone you know gets offered any of these pieces or sees them for sale, please contact Mark at the number at the bottom of this post. I know he'll appreciate everyone looking out for the art.

 

Thanks,

Steve

 

I have filed a police report and checked with local lost and

 founds and have yet to track the portfolio down. I also

 alerted all the local comic shops for them to be on the lookout.

 

 The portfolio contained the following pages:

 

 Journey Into Mystery 86:  (9) Pages 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13   Kirby

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0441.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0442.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0444.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0446.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0447.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0449.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0450.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0451.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0452.jpg

 

 Superman: '74 Aurora Model Comic Book: Cover & (5) Pages: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Swan

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0112.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0113.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0114.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0115.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0116.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0117.jpg

 

 Journey Into Mystery 83, Page 30    Ditko

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0150.jpg

 

 Thor 150 Title Splash Page 1    Kirby

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0153.jpg

 

 Thor 243 Title Splash Page 1   J. Buscema

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0155.jpg

 

 Silver Surfer Graphic Novel Interior Splash (Galactus)   J. Buscema

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0156.jpg

 

 What If 105: (3) Pages: 7, 18 & 23   Frenz

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0698.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0699.jpg

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0700.jpg

 

 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 2) 18 Interior Splash (Goblin)   Byrne

 http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0157.jpg

 

Savage Sword of Conan #152, pp42-43 DPS

http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com/0161.jpg

 

 This listing also appears on the website as well.

 Sincerely,

 Mark

 Simply the Best

 Offices (704) 596-0807

 Mobile (704) 576-8400

 Website http://www.virtualcomicartcon.com

[OldGuy]

That sucks. I wish him luck in finding the art.

[Sharkey]

Thanks. Tom G from Gemstone has already offered to do a piece in SCOOP. Thanks for the support!

[Stronguy]

Steve,

Has this been posted to ComicArt-L? I'm pretty behind on reading that group.

[spider9698]

It has.

[Food-Eater Lad-migration]

That stinks bigtime. Does anyone have a ballpark estimate on what the total worth of this art might be?

[Jokerman]

That stinks bigtime. Does anyone have a ballpark estimate on what the total worth of this art might be?

 

Why? You lookin' to sell?

 

Joker--

[Food-Eater Lad-migration]

You're not a narc, are you?

 

Was just curious. Seems like these would be worth a great deal of money and be pretty hard to unload without getting caught.

[DawgPhan]

Where was it lost?

[heartened]

He lost them in New York. I got a call from him on Saturday about it. Really does suck. I'm not sure he insured them. Let this be a lessen.... insure your art (and comics)! It's cheaper than you think!

[Aces]

Just pray it doesn't get cut into little pieces and sold on eBay.

 

Good luck getting it back.

It should be easier with art than comics.

[DawgPhan]

He lost them in New York. I got a call from him on Saturday about it. Really does suck. I'm not sure he insured them. Let this be a lessen.... insure your art (and comics)! It's cheaper than you think!

 

But was he at a show or something? Just walking the streets with this portfolio or what?

[heartened]

He is a dealer/collector. He will often come up to NYC just to meet up with some of us to see if we can work deals, and I think that is what he was doing when he lost it. I'm not really sure if it was lost or stolen.

[delekkerste]

But was he at a show or something? Just walking the streets with this portfolio or what?

 

No show...he was passing through NYC, trying to work some deals. He believes that the art was lost/stolen around either the car rental place or hotel, which would be in the West 50s between 6th and 7th Avenues. I hope some guy isn't trying to hawk these pages on the street over there. But, if you happen to see them on a streetside table next to the bootleg CDs or see some guy with an art portfolio underneath his trenchcoat asking, "Pssst...wanna buy some comic art?", please let Mark know ASAP (he's planning on flying in tomorrow for the Heritage sale, BTW). He is a good guy. And, no, sadly, he was not insured. I really hope he can recover that art.

[DawgPhan]

But was he at a show or something? Just walking the streets with this portfolio or what?

 

No show...he was passing through NYC, trying to work some deals. He believes that the art was lost/stolen around either the car rental place or hotel, which would be in the West 50s between 6th and 7th Avenues. I hope some guy isn't trying to hawk these pages on the street over there. But, if you happen to see them on a streetside table next to the bootleg CDs or see some guy with an art portfolio underneath his trenchcoat asking, "Pssst...wanna buy some comic art?", please let Mark know ASAP (he's planning on flying in tomorrow for the Heritage sale, BTW). He is a good guy. And, no, sadly, he was not insured. I really hope he can recover that art.

 

The worst part would be if the crook thought that they were just a bunch of crappy drawings and pitched them. If they get sold back into the market they will turn up.

[BradleyX2]

 What If 105: (3) Pages: 7, 18 & 23   Frenz

 

 

First appearance of Spider-Girl?!?

 

 

BURN THE THIEF!!!!!!!